🌱 Shots Fired At Beverly Plaza + Traffic Collision At 7th & Chestnut

Good morning, neighbors, and happy National Coffee Day! I'm back in your inbox this morning with your new copy of the Long Beach Daily. Here's all the local news you need to know right now. Today's issue includes news about:

• 🏁 The 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach
• 🚒 A boarded-up house with live wires on California Street
• 💧 Plans for a stormwater capture project

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☀️ But first, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 84 Low: 65.

⛽ Three of the Cheapest Gas Stations in Long Beach

• VP Racing Fuels at 3605 E 7th St., $5.09
• Vons at 1818 Ximeno Ave., $5.11
• ARCO at 3401 Long Beach Blvd., $5.13

🤔 Aggressive Urban Coyotes or Regular L.A. County Wildlife? Poll!

We live with raccoons and opossums. Do coyotes fall into the same category? They don’t need open space, have no problems building dens close to humans, and are becoming more and more visible on our neighborhood streets. What do you think? So far, 60.5% think we need to learn to live with them, 37% want them gone, and 2.5% don’t care one way or the other.

📰 Here are the top stories today in Long Beach:

1) Someone shot at a residence. The call went out Tuesday evening at 10:27 p.m. Officers went to the 2000 block of Beverly Plaza, “located evidence, including casings, indicating a shooting had occurred.” There was also a bullet mark on the home’s exterior. (LBPD)

2) A man riding an electric scooter was killed in a traffic accident. It happened on Tuesday at around 7:10 a.m. in the intersection of West 7th Street and Chestnut Avenue. According to the police report, the man on the scooter “was riding westbound on West 7th Street and ran a red light at the intersection of Chestnut Avenue.” He was hit by a 2018 Chrysler 300 driven by a 59-year-old woman, who remained on the scene. (Police Department)

3) On Tuesday, there was a vacant house fire in the 6500 block of California Street. The LBFD arrived after 12:49 p.m., and the fire was knocked down around 1:03 p.m. Firefighters asked that Edison address “live wires” at the property. (LBFD)

4) Public Works announced on Tuesday that a “new stormwater capture project is coming to the Los Cerritos Channel Watershed.” It will be part of the County’s Safe Clean Water Program. It’ll be on the Skylinks property on Clark Avenue between Wardlow and Conant. (LB Public Works)

5) Mark your calendars! We have a date for the 2023 Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach! We learned on Tuesday that it will run from April 14 to 16. “Ticket renewals start Oct. 24 and tickets go on sale Nov. 28!” (Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach)

📆 Today in Long Beach:

• Uptown LB Youth Baseball And Softball Fundraiser at the Black Bear Diner (all Day)
• Accelerate Long Beach at Convention Center Grand Ballroom (8 AM)
• Compassionate Artist Performance at Musique Sur La Mer (10 AM)
• Tai Chi for Beginners at Marine Stadium Park (11:45 AM)
• Bay Shore Book Club at the Bay Shore Church (4 PM)

📓 From my notebook:

• "This past weekend, the Leadership Institute Class of 2023 got to have their mountain experience! Another life changing retreat in the books. We look forward to seeing this class continue to grow over the coming months. Thank you to Camp Oakes!" (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• "❗️IMPORTANT MESSAGE❗️Our BJK Main Long Beach Public Library will only be doing To-Go service for two weeks." (Long Beach City via Facebook)
• "Registration for the 2022 Leadership Long Beach Fall Candidates Forum is now Live! Click the link below and register for the event with Sign-Up Genius! We hope to see you there! Thank you to our partners for making this event possible." (Leadership Long Beach via Facebook)
• Keep up to date on the General Municipal Election on November 8, 2022, for the Office of Mayor and Council Districts 3, 5, and 9. 📖 L.A. County Registrar-Recorder began mailing Sample Ballot booklets September 27. (Long Beach City Clerk via Facebook)
• A frustrated Historic Zaferia Village-SW parent wants to know why parents feel the need to park around Elementary School Willard on 11th Street and Orizaba and double park on both sides to make it impossible for those that are trying to get to their children and walking. (Nextdoor)

😸 The Adoptable Cat of the Week from LB Animal Care Services

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Thursday. I'll see you soon!

— Sylvia Cochran

About me: Sylvia Cochran works out of sunny Southern California and has been freelance writing full-time since 2005. She loves dogs, cats, books, plays Best Fiends (don't judge), embraces social justice, and tries to live out Micah 6:8.

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